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<jats:p>The general objective of this paper was to propose a model of allocating public financial resources to Brazilian
hospital organizations that provide highly complex health care services on behalf of the Brazilian Unified Health System
(SUS). The main theoretical background was built on Carr-Hill <jats:italic>et al</jats:italic>. [1] Focusing on the highly complex health care
services provided by the hospitals, the study underscored factors such as supply (or productivity and
accessibility/availability of services/beds), demand (or need for health care), use (or utilization/consumption of
services/beds), and complexity segmentation of the service in Brazil. The sample comprised 251 organizations offering at
least type-II adult and type-II newborn Intensive Care Units in 23 Brazilian states and classified as general and/or
specialized hospitals. The Carr-Hill <jats:italic>et al</jats:italic>. [1] model was adapted to propose a simplified theoretical model of supply that
could represent the relationship between the variables included in the final equation of the model, namely: mean inpatient
cost, availability of basic health care services, bed occupancy rate, organization type, and organization nature. The results
pointed out that the significant determinants empirically confirm the arguments that are rejected by sanitarians in the
theoretical field – that the model of resource allocation is based on productivity.</jats:p>